The new band described themselves as "the next chapter in the story of America's Band". They played their first two performances as the opening act to The Beach Boys last month.

Carnie Wilson said of the band: "It's gruelling and it's tedious but it's worth it because we're not just getting up there because we're 'the children of...' We're celebrating these songs that we love."

While the group perform classic covers of the legendary band's back catalogue, they hope to eventually write their own material.

Wilson added: "We are hoping to go places with the sound and the material - offering people something that has never been offered... [and] maybe even [writing] an original or two."

California Saga's next gig will be at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles tonight (July 10).

The Beach Boys recently released That's Why God Made the Radio, their first album since 1992.